Two Bauhaus faculty residences built by founder Walter Gropius that were bombed in World War II have been recreated with some alterations, sparking renewed debate about how best to honor historic buildings destroyed in the war. By stripping the already minimalist homes back even further and covering the windows with a cloudy wash, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation hopes to find a middle way between complete reconstruction and a "didactic recreation of pain." [The Guardian; previously]
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